List of wars involving Saudi Arabia

• Eyalet of Egypt

• Otaibah tribe
• Mutayr tribe

Emirate of Riyadh

• Ikhwan

• Saudi offensive halted

• Ikhwan

• Uqair Protocol of 1922
• Kuwait lost more than two thirds of its territory as a result of the agreement^[1]

• Incorporation of Jabal Shammar.

• Ikhwan

• Incorporation of Hejaz.

• Treaty of Taif signed on 14 June 1934, guaranteeing 20 years of peace between Saudi Arabia and Yemen
• Saudi Arabia leaves and Yemen gains control of Al-Hudaydah
• Jizan, Asir, and Najran became the provinces of Saudi Arabia

• Arab League invasion of former Mandatory Palestine repelled
• 1949 Armistice Agreements
• Establishment of the State of Israel, Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip
• 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight
• Beginning of the Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency

United Arab Republic

• Saudi Arabia stopped supplying the Royalists

• al-Wadiah and Sharurah captured by Saudi forces^[10]

• At the final ceasefire:
  • Egyptian forces held 1,200 km² (460 sq mi) on the eastern bank of the canal.^[18]
  • Israeli forces held 1,600 km² (620 sq mi) on the western bank of the canal.^[19]
  • Israeli forces held 500 km² (193 sq mi) of the Syrian Bashan region of the Golan Heights.

• Syria
• Saudi Arabia
• Sudan
• United Arab Emirates
• Libya
• South Yemen

• ADF mission goals achieved^[20]
• ADF becomes an all-Syrian force in 1979

• Political exile of Saudi Shiites to Iran
• Extra government spending announced in Qatif region to address inequalities
• Religious intolerance and state discrimination continue until 2015

• Saudi troops suppress uprising
• Execution of Juhayman and his followers publicly by decapitation

• Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah restored
• Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti Infrastructure

• Various bombings of Iraqi forces both aerial and naval
• Mass numbers of Iraqi targets killed or destroyed
• Reduction in Iraqi air defense
• Beginning of the Iraq War

• Failure to capture SNA leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid; specific Aidid lieutenants captured
• Civil war is ongoing

• Number of pirate attacks have decreased dramatically since the start of such operations, however attacks still occur near the coast waters of Oman, Yemen, Kenya, and Somalia
• Piracy drops 90%^[21]

• Houthis consolidate control over Sa'dah

(2014–2018)

• United States
• United Kingdom
• France
• Saudi Arabia
• United Arab Emirates
• Italy
• Denmark
• Jordan

Egypt
Germany
Denmark
Norway
Russia
Iran

• Multinational intervention against Syrian Islamists

• Houthis
• Saleh loyalists

• Houthis dissolve Yemeni government
• Houthis take control of northern Yemen
• Conflict in Najran, Jizan and Asir

• Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
• Red Sea Crisis
• Intelligence support to Israel during Iranian strikes^[23][24]
• Defensive during the Twelve Day War^[25]
• 2026 Iranian strikes on Saudi Arabia

October 7 attacks:
Israel
Armed Israeli Citizens

Gaza War & West Bank Incursions:
Israel
Israeli-backed groups:
Popular Forces
Fatah-affiliated groups

Defensive Only:
Palestinian Authority

2024 Kerman Bombings:
Islamic State

 Aspides (until 2024):
European Union
Independent Patrols (Red Sea Crisis):
China^[26]
Egypt
India
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia

Syrian Civil War (until 2024):
Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham
Southern Operations Room
Free Syrian Army
Syrian National Army
From 2024:
Syria

Twelve Day War:
United States Israel

2026 Iran War:

Anti-Iranian Protestors (outside Iran)

Axis of Resistance: Hamas
Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Palestinian Mujahideen Movement
Palestinian Freedom Movement
Popular Resistance Committees
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command

Hezbollah
Amal Movement^[51]
Islamic Group^[52]

Islamic Resistance in Iraq

• • •  Popular Mobilization Forces
      • Kata'ib Hezbollah
      • Harakat al-Nujaba
      • Kata'ib Sayyid ul-Shuhada
      • Badr Organisation
  • Syrian Social Nationalist Party

Intelligence Support:
Russia

Defensive during Israeli invasion of Lebanon: Lebanon
UN

Defensive stances on attacks by Israel and allies: Lebanon
Yemen
Sri Lanka

Pro-Iranian protestors (outside Iran)

Ongoing:

• Houthi attacks on September 2023 killed and injured Bahrain Defence Forces near Saudi-Yemen border.^[53][54]
• Saudi Arabia claims to have intercepted Houthi attacks during the Red Sea Crisis.
• As per the Times of Israel, Saudi Arabia provided intelligence about Iranian attacks to Israel During the 2024 Iran–Israel conflict.
• Saudi Arabia allowed Israel to use its airspace to attack Iran during the Twelve-Day War.
• 2026 Iran war: Ongoing^{[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]}